Actias gnoma

Actias gnoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Actias
Species:	A. gnoma
Binomial name
	Actias gnoma; (Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
	Tropaea gnoma Butler, 1877; Actias artemis tomariactias Bryk, 1942;

Actias gnoma, the Japanese moon moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Japan^[1] and the Russian Far East.

Adults are light greenish blue with a raised and sparse scale cover. A single postmedial fascia is found on the forewings. The eyes are small, mostly with a fine black frame (although this is sometimes absent). The inner half of the eye is narrower than the outer one. The apex of the hindwings is usually pointed.^[2]

Subspecies[]

Actias gnoma gnoma (Butler, 1877)
Actias gnoma mandschurica (Staudinger, 1892)
Actias gnoma miyatai Inoue, 1976 (Japan: Hachijō-jima)

References[]

^ "Actias". Saturniidae Web. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^ Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "The Actias Leach, 1815, in the Far East: how many species?". Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 67: 40-56.

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[1] "Actias". Saturniidae Web. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

[2] Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "The Actias Leach, 1815, in the Far East: how many species?". Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 67: 40-56.

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